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Authorities are looking for two people accused of assaulting a Woodland Drive woman last week outside 903 Discount Beverage.
The Lancaster Police Department issued arrest warrants Monday for Ashley Nicole Pope, 18, of 2103 Pardue St., and Jakenia Oceana Stevens, 19, of 1078 Old Landsford Road. Both have been charged with third degree assault and battery.
Officers came to 903 Discount Beverage on Chesterfield Avenue about 4:40 p.m. Feb. 2 in response to a call about a group attack.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man died after his car crashed into trees on the side of a road last weekend.
Dennis William Brewer, 54, of Lancaster died Saturday night from blunt force trauma after his car hit two trees head-on, said Lancaster County Coroner Mike Morris. Brewer was pronounced dead at the scene.
“His car ran off the right side of the road, sideswiped some trees and then hit other trees head-on,” Morris said.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A recently announced scholarship could help one lucky high school senior with tuition costs as they head to college this fall.
The S.C. Association of Counties, a state organization representing county government in South Carolina, has announced that Lancaster County was selected as one of the recipients for its annual scholarship program.

Most of the major players in a controversial landfill project have become well known over the last few weeks, though a new voice added to the mix this week.

One day before Griffin Brothers Enterprises, owners of Mining Road Landfill near S.C. 903, withdrew an application to expand their property to include a Class 3 solid waste landfill, a representative from Waste Management weighed in on the project.

Lancaster County Council unanimously approved final reading of an ordinance to establish the new district at its meeting Tuesday night.

The new district establishes funding for an Indian Land Fire Protection District through rates and charges to Indian Land property owners. The ordinance also repeals the special tax districts in the Panhandle neighborhoods of Sun City Carolina Lakes, Edenmoor and Belair.

Authorities say the Lancaster woman whose body was found Wednesday in Kershaw County died from a shortage of oxygen.

Kershaw County deputies found Elizabeth Marie Evans’ body in a wooded area in Camden after they arrested her estranged husband, Brian Franklin Evans, earlier that day.

Brian Evans, 46, had been driving a truck that matched the description of a vehicle belonging to Gerry Wayne Geiger. Authorities had found Geiger dead at his house the day before from multiple gunshot wounds and head trauma.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
U.S. House District 5 Rep. Mick Mulvaney has officially endorsed Greg Gregory as the candidate best suited to fill the S.C. Senate District 16 seat he vacated in December after his winning congressional bid.
The endorsement comes less than a month after Gregory unexpectedly announced he would seek re-election to the District 16 seat, which he held between 1992 and 2008.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
A shiny tiara, a cheerful smile and bright gray eyes.
That picture of Alyssah “Shirley” Totherow has most likely been a source of joy, but now yields mixed emotions as family members mourn her loss.
The 3-year-old Lancaster County girl died Tuesday night after falling from a moving truck outside a Mangum Drive home, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Glen Crawford.
Shirley was taken to Springs Memorial Hospital, where she died at about 8:35 p.m., Crawford said.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
A shiny tiara, a cheerful smile and bright gray eyes.
That picture of Alyssah “Shirley” Totherow has most likely been a source of joy, but now yields mixed emotions as family members mourn her loss.
The 3-year-old Lancaster County girl died Tuesday night after falling from a moving truck outside a Mangum Drive home, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Glen Crawford.
Shirley was taken to Springs Memorial Hospital, where she died at about 8:35 p.m., Crawford said.